Mammography and Pap test screening among low-income foreign-born Hispanic women in the USA Mamografia e teste Papanicolau em mulheres latinas de baixa renda nos Estados Unidos

Mammography and Pap test screening among low-income foreign-born Hispanic women in the USA Mamografia e teste Papanicolau em mulheres latinas de baixa renda nos Estados Unidos

Little is known about the factors influencing screening among low-income Hispanic women particularly among recent immigrants. A sample of 148 low-income, low-literate, foreign-born Hispanic women residing in the Washington DC metropolitan area participated in the study. The mean age of the sample wa...

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Main Authors: Maria E. Fernandez, Guillermo Tortolero-Luna, Robert S. Gold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 1998-01-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Neoplasias Mamárias
Mamografia
Neoplasias do Colo Uterino
Hispano-Americanos
Breast Neoplasms
Mammography
Cervix Neoplasms
Hispanic Americans
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